244 MERRILL. 



An erect phrub. Branches terete, stout, very densely dark-brown- 

 pubescent. liCaves broadly oblong-oblanceolate, 23 to 29 cm long. 7 to 

 8 cm wide, the apex acute or verj^ obscurely acuminate, gradually nar- 

 rowed from about the middle to the acute base, margins recurved, coria- 

 ceous, reddish-bi'own when dry, glabrous and shining on tbe upper surface, 

 beneath, especially on the midrib and lateral nerves, rather densely 

 pubescent with short, dark-brown hairs; nerves about 22 on each side 

 of the midrib, very prominent beneath, anastomosing very close to the 

 margin, somewhat ascending, the primary reticulations subparallel; 

 petioles densely pubescent, stout, about 3 cm long. C3Tnes in the upper 

 axils, densely dark-brown-pubescent, three or more on each branchlet, 

 their peduncles stout, about as long as the petioles, the branches short, 

 crowded, tlie primary ones not exceeding 1 cm in length, the flowers 

 densely congested, the inflorescence 3 cm or less in diameter. Flowers 

 5-merous, their pedicels stout, 1 to 3 mm long, densely pubescent, the 

 bracts few, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, about 5 mm long. Calyx pubes- 

 cent, the tube 4-angled, 4-sulcate, the rim above the ovary somewhat 

 spreading, 3.5 to 4 mm long, the lobes 5, rarely 6, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 2 to 2.5 mm long. Corolla unknown. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, near Pamplona, Bur. Sci. I'/O.'i Ramos, ]\Iarch 17, 

 1909. 



A species well characterized by its dark-brown pubescence, its congested cymes, 

 and by its very prominently nerved, elongated leaves. It is quite different from 

 all other Philippine forms known to me. 



Psychotria ramosii sp. nov. 



Arbuscula circiter 2 in alta, glabra, partibus junioribus inflorescen- 

 tiisque molliter sublanato-pubescentibus exceptis; foliis membranaceis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongo-obovatis, in sicco nitidis, pallidis, apice 

 acuminatis, basi angustatis, nervis utrinque circiter 12 ; cymis axillaribus, 

 pedunculatis, paucifloris, plus minus dense pallide sublanato-pubescenti- 

 bus. 



A sbrub about 2 ni high. Branches terete, glabrous, smooth, dark- 

 colored. Leaves membranaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 10 

 to 12 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide, pale and shining when dr}^, the apex 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate, the base gradually narrowed, acute or 

 acuminate; nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent 

 beneath, the midrib and lateral nerves with weak, scattered, crisped 

 hairs; petioles about 2 cm long; stipules deciduous, broadly ovate, pubes- 

 cent, about 5 mm long. Cymes in tbe upper axils, several from each 

 branchlet, the peduncles slender, 2 to 3 cm long, all parts more or less 

 densely covered with weak, soft, pale, somewhat woolly hairs. Flowers 

 white, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm long, densely pubescent. Calyx 4 to 5 

 mm ln7ig. densely piibosfont. thn Inbos 5, ovate, acute or aenniinato, 2 mm 



